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Verify a Pennsylvania Paramedic license

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How Pennsylvania Paramedic license verification works

A Paramedic in Pennsylvania is licensed by the PA EMS Office. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.

Fields returned for this board: name county_state license_type license_number status emsvo issued expires administrative_actions regional_council.

Board note: PA-EMS: Bureau of EMS 'EMS Registry' certification verification (ASP.NET WebForms, plain HTTPS, no captcha; page states it is a primary source). Search by certification number (6-7 digits, leading zeros) or name + level; grid 10/page then a Select postback for the detail (status, EMSVO, issue/expiration, Administrative Actions Yes/No flag - never auto-failed). No DOB published; name-only >1 hit = ambiguous. Also lists EMR, PHRN, PHPE, PHP, EMSVO, MC Physician.

What a Paramedic license check returns

Field checkPasses when
license_numberEqual to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros
nameLast name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname
license_typeThe record is a Paramedic license, strictly (no near-miss types)
statusThe board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag
expiresExpiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it
disciplinary_actionsRecorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped

Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.

EMS Compact (REPLICA) and multistate Paramedic licenses

Paramedic licenses can carry a multistate privilege under the EMS Compact (REPLICA). When the Pennsylvania record shows a multistate license, the result includes multistate: true and the privilege states. Privilege status is confirmed at the compact's own lookup, never inferred.

Verify a Pennsylvania Paramedic license by API

POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
  "person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
  "claims": [
    { "type": "license", "state": "PA", "profession": "paramedic", "number": "…" }
  ],
  "purpose": "employment",
  "consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}

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